“It’s not wonderful at all – it’s horrible”
Jun 20, 2008
“It’s not wonderful at all – it’s horrible”
| Portishead again.
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Archive for June 20th, 2008
A Midsummer Night’s Dadd
Jun 20, 2008
Contradiction: Oberon and Titania (1854–58).
Richard Dadd painting Contradiction, c. 1856.
Of all the paintings based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream my favourite is this one by Richard Dadd (1817–1886), the artist who famously murdered his father in a fit of psychosis and spent the rest of his days as an inhabitant of Bethlem Royal Hospital [...]
Posted in {art}, {fantasy}, {painting} | 4 comments »
The world of dreams
Jun 20, 2008
El mundo al revés, a piece of folk surrealism from 19th century Spain. The sun and moon live under the earth, animals torment humans and fish fly through the air.
Posted in {art}, {surrealism} | 2 comments »
